With years of experience as the chief editor of a national magazine, and providing image management strategies to several Fortune 500 companies, Firdouz Hameed took a hiatus to use his expertise to find the top Influential entrepreneurs from several regions.

His book,‘Learn From The Top 20: GCC’S Top 20 Share Their Secret of Success,’ became the first book to talk on the aftermath of covid-19. This book also helped government organizations, budding entrepreneurs, and investors understand the current market situation, and how things will be in the foreseeable future. It also gave an insight into the life of these entrepreneurs – both inspiring the readers and at times making an instant emotional connection.

This is also the year when a global platform like storystar.com selected one of Hameed’s short stories,‘The Clear Sky,’ as one of the best 50 written in the last decade. This further shows his versatility as a writer. His capability to connect with the reader with a measured cadence reminds you of those classical years of storytelling, where the emphasis was always on human relations. The amalgamation of this style with the times we live in is what makes his stories a worthy read.

‘Learn From The Top 20,’ was early to put light on the pandemic situation. The book gave an understanding of how entrepreneurs and investors can tackle the current situation. It pointed out how education in several countries will not be affected because of the use of technology. It stressed the need of people to invest in the medical industry. It also showed which are some of the industries that will even benefit from such an epidemic.

With stories of influential entrepreneurs from around the world on the pipeline, it will be interesting to follow this series.